Lady&#39;s garment



H. DORFMAN LADYS GARMENT Nov. 2, 1943.

"Filed May 14, 1940 M/aa Allorney In Ven for Patented Nov. 2, 1943 jLAnnseARMENT Harry Dorf man, Montreal Quebec, Canada ,ApplicationiMayllfl, 194Q $ial No. 335,108

1 Claim.

The invention relates to improvements in ladies garments, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing that forms part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in cutting the patterns of a garment from a piece of cloth in such a way that the rear, upper front and upside portions of the garment will be cut on the bias and in assembling these various sections of the garment together, as more particularly pointed out in the claim for novelty following a description of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to devise a garment which will give greater elasticity and resiliency to the wearer and enable freer movement of the body and avoid the tendency of the garment from creeping up during the change of position or movements by the wearer; to furnish an attractive garment and especially an undergarment such as a slip that will not only be economical in its actual manufacture but in its use due to the fact that owing to the particular cut of the same the danger of tearing or ripping will be reduced materially and consequently increase the life of the garment, and generally to provide a garment that will be durable in construction and efficient for its purpose.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of cloth having the patterns arranged thereon and ready for cutting.

Figure 2 is a side assembly of the various sections of the cut out cloth sewed together.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a piece of material having thereon a modified form of pattern for cutting purposes.

Figure 4 is a side assembly of the various sections of the material from the pattern as illustrated in Figure 3 showing the various sections in dotted lines prior to being sewed together and in full lines after being sewed together.

Figure 5 is a rear view of the complete garment.

Figure 6 is a front View of the complete garment.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawing, the garment as illustrated is in the form of a slip and it will of course be understood that the same method may be applied in the construction of other garments such as in evening dresses without in any way departing from the essential features of the invention. The pattern for making the slip consists of four pieces, and as shown in Figure 1, one of these pieces forms the front and side panels of the slip and is indicated by the numeral ID. This piece I0 is laid on the material H in such a way that it will be in alignment with the texture of the fabric. The rear piece I2 of the garment and which is adapted to form the rear panel thereof is placed on the material II on the bias, that is to say on an oblique or diagonal line so that when this rear piece is being cut out, the cut will be oblique in the texture of the fabric.

This neck piece is formed of a neck portion I3 at its upper end and which gradually slopes outwardly from a point which would be approximately in alignment with the hip of the wearer, so that this rear piece will have an outwardly flaring piece I4 in its lower portion with respect to its upper portion. The other two patterns which form the brassiere portions of the garment are also cut on the material I I on the bias, and these two pieces as forming the brassire sections are indicated by the numerals I 5 and I6.

When the material has been cut out to form the panels from the material II, the rear panel is simply sewed to the edges of the panel forming the front and sides of the garment, and it will be noted that the sewn edges of the'rear panel to the front and side panel is arranged in the form of an arc, and similarly the brassires are secured to the front and side panels also in an arc and are provided with the darts I1, and the brassires are sewn to the rear panel at an angle over the vertical and which completes the assembly of the garment.

In Figure 3 the patterns are similarly assembled on the piece of material as illustrated and described for Figure 1 with the exception that the front and sides are formed of individual patterns to make individual panels, that is to say, a front panel I8 and the side panels I9 and 20, but the construction of the rear panel 2| and the brassires sections 22 and 23 are similar to those as shown in Figure 1, and in the assembly of these various sections to the pattern as shown in Figure 4, the rear panel 2I has the lower portion 24 overlapping the lower portion'of the side panel I9, while the other side of the lower portion of the side panel I9 overlaps the lower side edge of the front panel I8; meanwhile the brassieres section 22 is sewn to the front portion of the front panel I8. When the rear panel 2I is sewn to the side panel [9, it will be noted that the upper portion is pulled in order to sew it to the edge of the side panel I9 and to the brassiere 22, consequently, this will efiect a better fitting to the contour of the body and greatly reduce the danger of the creeping up of the rear portion of the garment, and at the same time enable the wearer to remove the garment much more expediently.

In respect to the vertical and horizontal lines as shown in the illustration of the garment in Figures 5 and 6, it may be mentioned that these lines are purely and simply to depict a fanc'y'if pattern to the dress or slip and have nothing to do with the warped lines of the cloth.

In both forms it will be seen that it isnot only in the cut of certain sections on the bias but in actually sewing these various sections together which in their combination effects a proper fit and at the same time overcoming the well known drawbacks in the cutting of garments of this nature, such as the creeping efiect.

What I claim is:

A garment comprising front and side panels cut onthe straight and the outer vertical edges thereof converging inwardly towards the upper portion, a rear panel cut on the bias and having its outer vertical edges converging inwardly in the upward direction to form a narrowing neck portion and sewn to the converging vertical outer edges of said side panels and extending beyond the top edges thereof, and brassieres cut on v the bias and arcuately sewn to the side and front panels and provided with darts, said brassieres being sewn to that portion of the rear panel which projects beyond the top edge of said side and front panels and at angles to the vertical. HARRY DORFMAN. 

